 The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen...  Annual Report - Page 981894Full view - About this book
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1878 - 488 pages
...thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. 5 Go, — but the circle of eternal change, Which is...Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more : Sweet odours of the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore ; And, listening... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, ¡Vnd softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...change, Which is the life of Nature, shall restore, TVith sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more. Sweet... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Readers - 1878 - 444 pages
...more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. 5. Go — but the circle of eternal change, Which is the life of nature, shall restore, With sounds... | |
 | Choice poems - English poetry - 1879 - 206 pages
...grows more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...Thee to thy birth-place of the deep once more. Sweet odours in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore ; And, listening... | |
 | 1879 - 152 pages
...more deep : And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful to his burning brow. 5 Go — but the circle of eternal change, "Which is the life of Nature, shall restore, With sounds... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...grows more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, and necessities. SHAKESPEARE. TEMPERANCE, OR THE CHEAP PHYSICIAN. Go now ! and with sea air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the homesick mariner of the shore ; And, listening to thy murmur,... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1880 - 314 pages
...more deep : And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet odours in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore ; And, listening... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1880 - 288 pages
...more deep : And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet odours in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore ; And, listening... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1880 - 284 pages
...more deep : And they who stand about the sick man's bed, Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet odours in the sea-air, sweet and strange, Shall tell the home-sick mariner of the shore ; And, listening... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1881 - 46 pages
...more deep ; And they who stand about the sick man's bed. Shall joy to listen to thy distant sweep, 80 And softly part his curtains to allow Thy visit, grateful...With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range, 35 Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more ; Sweet odors in the sea-air, sweet and etrange, Shall... | |
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